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generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney orgdoes your cauliflowernic have a big carbon footprint? not at all. that's great. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. uhh... mr. gallagher. incoming!!! hahaha! it's wasteful. you know jimmy. folks who save hundreds of dollars switing to geico sure are happy. how happy, ronny? happier than gallagher at a farmers' market. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> we are enjoying this nice, pleasant night. >> nice weather out there this evening. fog early this morning. it should not travel -- because any travel delays. it should warm-up with lots of sunshine. temperature near 90 degrees. a chance for a few showers on sunday. temperatures right now, i am optimistic. 83 degrees. upper 70's. it will warm back up by monday and tuesday. >> it is almost the weekend. for a to it.g joining usor for a to it.g joining usor tonight. so, what's the problem? these are hot. we're shipping 'em everywhere. but we can't predict our shipping costs. dadallas. det
generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney orgdoes your cauliflowernic have a big carbon footprint? not at all. that's great. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. uhh... mr. gallagher. incoming!!! hahaha! it's wasteful. you know jimmy. folks who save hundreds of dollars switing to geico sure are happy. how happy, ronny? happier than gallagher at a farmers' market. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent...
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he had that going into mitt romney does not. do we obsess so much. >> i remember regan in the first two years of the first term was disliked. his favorables dropped. it is when the tax cuts took affect on january 1, 1983 that the boon in the economy occurred and his likeable. bill clipton and jack kennedy same thing. it was much more likeable when they provide prosperity. >> neil: how do you describe or react to the polls that show it is a tight race and best and iffy nonexistent recovery. it must explain to the president's personal appeal? >> i don't think so. jimmy carter was doing okay. >> neil: good point. >> he was not ahead of ronald regan andine at this stage. what people are trying to do is get their arms around mitt romney. he is unknown person to them and once they are convinced that he can right the ship and make it go. i think mitt romney and paul ryan will be enormously likeable and barak obama will be disliked as jimmy carter in due course. i feel sorry for obama because he seems like a nice man and is an american
he had that going into mitt romney does not. do we obsess so much. >> i remember regan in the first two years of the first term was disliked. his favorables dropped. it is when the tax cuts took affect on january 1, 1983 that the boon in the economy occurred and his likeable. bill clipton and jack kennedy same thing. it was much more likeable when they provide prosperity. >> neil: how do you describe or react to the polls that show it is a tight race and best and iffy nonexistent...
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. >>> la convención le da la oportunidad a mitt romney de ser representante de la florida, porque el candidato de su partido sigue siendo un desconocido para josé rodríguez. >>> no sé, n lo conozco políticamente, pero alo mejor lo hace mejor que el otro. >>>e se es el tema de la campaña, convencer a independientes, en la florida muchos de los votantes son hispanos. >>> el gobernador mitt romney tiene unas cuentas cosas y unas cuentas sorpresas que básicamente los hispanos van a ver por qué él es la persona correcta para llegar en noviembre a la presidencia. >>> mitt romney tiene que ganar la florida en noviembre. >>> la florida es sumamente importante, pero no es solamente la florida, nevada es importante, nuevo méxico es importante, o sea a nivel nacional, esto es lo que es importante. >>> por supuesto otro desafío de elos republicanos es la tormenta tropical isaac que se acerca, el gobernador ha ordenado el estado de emergencia los republicanos quieren seguir adelante con la convención pero si la tormenta tropical isaac se acerca demasiado, la ciudad podría tener una ev
. >>> la convención le da la oportunidad a mitt romney de ser representante de la florida, porque el candidato de su partido sigue siendo un desconocido para josé rodríguez. >>> no sé, n lo conozco políticamente, pero alo mejor lo hace mejor que el otro. >>>e se es el tema de la campaña, convencer a independientes, en la florida muchos de los votantes son hispanos. >>> el gobernador mitt romney tiene unas cuentas cosas y unas cuentas sorpresas que...
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they need to link mitt romney more strongly to it. >> reporter: and romney in. >> romney's going after women's voters by trying to catch them under the umbrella that all voters are interested in the economy. >> reporter: they have over two months to make their best case to women. allison seymour, fox 5 news. >>> still ahead on the news edge, rabies alert. growing concerns tonight after a raven's football fan may have come into contact with a bat. lindsay. >>> coming up, the nats and braves series in d.c. is a wrap. we'll show you how the division breaks down and it was an emotional goodbye for clinton portis. more on his retirement later in sports and the news edge at 6 continues. . >>> the news edge in maryland now. the murder of a teenage girl in prince georges county shocked's community in kettering. prince georges county police say 17-year-old amber stanley was found shot inside her home on chartsey street last night. the police are searching for the shooter and trying to determine a motive. stanley was an honor student at flowers high school in springdale. >>
they need to link mitt romney more strongly to it. >> reporter: and romney in. >> romney's going after women's voters by trying to catch them under the umbrella that all voters are interested in the economy. >> reporter: they have over two months to make their best case to women. allison seymour, fox 5 news. >>> still ahead on the news edge, rabies alert. growing concerns tonight after a raven's football fan may have come into contact with a bat. lindsay. >>>...
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. >>> on to campaign 2012 mitt romney's said it was a joke but the president not laughing. here is what the nominee said in his home state of michigan today >>> no one's ever asked to see my birth and again they know this is the place we were born and raised >>> romney sat down with cbs news anchor scott pelley >>> why did to say that? >>> we were in michigan both ann and i were born in detroit and gym goers a long way it was great to be home, to be in a place for and and i had grown up the crowd loved that >>> this was a swipe at the president i wonder why you took it >>> no none is why buy said throughout the camp and no question where he was born he was born in the u.s. >>> the obama campaign responded accusing romney of aligning himself with extreme elements instead of standing up to them run the also told scott pelley is willing to send troops to syria if needed to prevent the spread of chemical weapons he says the u.s. must take action necessary to ensure weapons of mass destruction do not fall into wrong hands. >>> republicans gear up for a national convention in flo
. >>> on to campaign 2012 mitt romney's said it was a joke but the president not laughing. here is what the nominee said in his home state of michigan today >>> no one's ever asked to see my birth and again they know this is the place we were born and raised >>> romney sat down with cbs news anchor scott pelley >>> why did to say that? >>> we were in michigan both ann and i were born in detroit and gym goers a long way it was great to be home, to be...
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mitt romney even said it to the weekly standard magazine back in april. and i'm paraphrasing a bit here. sure, i'm going to shut down some federal agencies, send some programs back to the states. but if i say which ones, i'll lose. and winning is the only important thick. rieft. except what is the -- thing. right. except what is the point of that? you want to make the changes. you really need the voters to sign off on them before the election. and, by the way, mr. president, one of the things i really liked about the 2008 campaign was that you talked to us like grown ups. we all have to make tough choices. you kept saying that over and over. well, now would be a good time to tell us what are they. because, let's be real, you two fellas really want to have some political capital come the day after election day? now is when you earn it. anita. >> all right, derek. >>> well, we had some serious rain over at nats stadium. >> we did. everything is quiet now. but we may have some fog in the wake of the showers. kind of a pattern. it's a pretty nice day. some sh
mitt romney even said it to the weekly standard magazine back in april. and i'm paraphrasing a bit here. sure, i'm going to shut down some federal agencies, send some programs back to the states. but if i say which ones, i'll lose. and winning is the only important thick. rieft. except what is the -- thing. right. except what is the point of that? you want to make the changes. you really need the voters to sign off on them before the election. and, by the way, mr. president, one of the things i...
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what is romney saying now? >> reporter: romney was asked about it last night in an interview. let's take a listen to that. >> why did you say that? >> we were in michigan. ann and i were both born in detroit. humor goes a long way. it was great to be home, in a place ann and i had grown up. the crowd loved it and got a good laugh. >> this was a swipe at the president. i wond e why you took it. >> no, no, not a swipe. there's no question about where he was born. he was born in the u.s. this is about us and coming home. humor, you know, we have to have a little humor in the campaign as well. >> you through red meat at the conservative wing of the party. >> no, this is about being in michigan, the place where we were born and raised. >> reporter: you could call it an unforced error. romney wanted this to be about welfare and the economy. let's be honest, this became a big distraction. the only thing the media was talking about were romney's comments on where his birs certificate was. in the beginning of the week, he was distracted from the comments of todd akin from missouri. aga
what is romney saying now? >> reporter: romney was asked about it last night in an interview. let's take a listen to that. >> why did you say that? >> we were in michigan. ann and i were both born in detroit. humor goes a long way. it was great to be home, in a place ann and i had grown up. the crowd loved it and got a good laugh. >> this was a swipe at the president. i wond e why you took it. >> no, no, not a swipe. there's no question about where he was born. he...
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>> romney and ryan are focused on a progrowth economic policy. youth, such a as myself, including young republicans are excited about what they have to say. >> what do you think is the most important issue? >> for us, we have been talking to students across the country. we believe the economy is the heart of what most are talking about. an issue like the economy, it's easy to talk to the people about the president's accomplishments. we have seen 29 months of job growth. young americans feel comfortable entering a job market after graduation. that message is honing in when we talk to young students, college students. we are excited to talk about that at the upcoming convention where we are going to see so many programs to make sure youth are part of the process. >> katie, talk about romney trailing obama 2% points. it lays within the sampling error. when you look at younger generations, romney is behind in the double digits according to polls. in florida, home of the rnc next week, romney trails by 16%. why do you think that is? >> i think, honest
>> romney and ryan are focused on a progrowth economic policy. youth, such a as myself, including young republicans are excited about what they have to say. >> what do you think is the most important issue? >> for us, we have been talking to students across the country. we believe the economy is the heart of what most are talking about. an issue like the economy, it's easy to talk to the people about the president's accomplishments. we have seen 29 months of job growth. young...
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mitt romney says it will not work. >> vice-president joe biden's entire florida trip planned to take place this week has been cancelled. the campaign said the change in scheduling is to make sure law enforcement and emergency management resources in the state can focus on safety as her -- as isaac approaches. the campaign had previously just cancel joe biden's stop in tampa. historian frederick md. -- police are investigating a shooting that happened shortly after midnight. one man was transported to hospital in baltimore, but we do not know the extent of his injuries or what triggered the shooting. >> reaction to the passing of astronauts neil armstrong poured in from around the country as word got out. fellow space travel pioneer said a few words about his accomplishments. >> it i am by nature an envious person. i have a lot of opportunities come my way and we are proud of that. i am not the type that goes around to be envious, but i told neil for him i would make an exception. too deep what he did come to the then first person to make its uptrend on someplace other than earth is o
mitt romney says it will not work. >> vice-president joe biden's entire florida trip planned to take place this week has been cancelled. the campaign said the change in scheduling is to make sure law enforcement and emergency management resources in the state can focus on safety as her -- as isaac approaches. the campaign had previously just cancel joe biden's stop in tampa. historian frederick md. -- police are investigating a shooting that happened shortly after midnight. one man was...
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the president beats mitt romney when it comes to who is more likable. by comparison 54% say president obama opinions are in the mainstream. the poll finds approval rating for congress has once again hit rock bottom at 12%. the on other time it was that low was in october of 2008. missouri congressman todd akin says he is pushing ahead with his senate bid, this despite pressure from his fellow republicans to drop out. a defiant akin called the uproar over his comments about "legitimate rape" out of context. >> todd akin bought tv time to apologize. >> the mistake i said was in the words i said, not in the heart i hold. i ask for your forgiveness. >> mitt romney joined the chorus urging akin to step down. and already trailing in national surveys of women voters, the romney/ryan campaign could be in jeopardy say some worried republicans. >> a week before the national convention, this is not what the gop wants to be talking about. they want to be talking about those moms out there who are still trying to balance budgets. >> but in tampa, the site of the con
the president beats mitt romney when it comes to who is more likable. by comparison 54% say president obama opinions are in the mainstream. the poll finds approval rating for congress has once again hit rock bottom at 12%. the on other time it was that low was in october of 2008. missouri congressman todd akin says he is pushing ahead with his senate bid, this despite pressure from his fellow republicans to drop out. a defiant akin called the uproar over his comments about "legitimate...
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both of those polls include the addition of paul ryan to romney ticket. romney was on the attack yesterday in pennsylvania. >> the president cannot run on this roffered. that is very clear. >> all he has left is to distort and divide this country. we are not going to fall for it. >>> president obama was in columbus, ohio talking to college students mitting mitt romney on education. >> economic plan makes one thing clear. he does not think investing in your future is worth it. he doesn't think that's a good investment. i do. that's what's at steak in th this -- stake in this election. that's the choice in november. >> mitt romney is preparing for the republican koconvention. they are bracing for two potential unwanted visitors there. one is tropical storm eye zach and the other vice president joe biden. he may be here for gentlemen's agreement to give each other's convention a wide birth. >> we have more with sean hannity's interview with paul ryan. >> this is what he said about his relationship with president obama. take a listen. >> we have known each ot
both of those polls include the addition of paul ryan to romney ticket. romney was on the attack yesterday in pennsylvania. >> the president cannot run on this roffered. that is very clear. >> all he has left is to distort and divide this country. we are not going to fall for it. >>> president obama was in columbus, ohio talking to college students mitting mitt romney on education. >> economic plan makes one thing clear. he does not think investing in your future is...
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what mitt romney said on the campaign trail today that immediately erupted in controversy. >>> banned for life, and stripped of his titles. lance armstrong gives up on the fight over doping and pays a heavy price, but is it fair? "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, i'm david gregory in washington in for brian tonight. we begin with the eruption of gunfire and mayhem, just outside one of the world's most famous landmarks, a place that millions visit every year, the empire state building. this morning, right in the middle of rush hour as people were trying to get to work and tourists had already started lining up to visit the building's observatory high above manhattan, a man who had lost his job nearby unleashed a deadly revenge attack on a former co-worker and that triggered a hail of gunfire that in the end left nine innocent people hurt. it was the latest in gun violence in a summer that has seen far too much of it. we begin tonight with lester holt at the empire state building. lester? >> reporter: i walk this fifth avenue and
what mitt romney said on the campaign trail today that immediately erupted in controversy. >>> banned for life, and stripped of his titles. lance armstrong gives up on the fight over doping and pays a heavy price, but is it fair? "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, i'm david gregory in washington in for brian tonight. we begin with the eruption of gunfire and mayhem, just outside one of the world's most famous...
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and you really wonder what mitt romney is. you have to tell by who he is around and that is not an encouraging site. >> those who are looking at the obama bunch. they are supporting the president. people like nancy pelosi and the senate majority leader harry reid. are not doing too well with the public either. and you match up teams like this, what do you think it said? >> it will be what the president's team accomplished. they came in office and we were losing 750,000 a month and 29 months of private sector growth. i give them a victory and it is it a victory when you get the country out of the horrible war of iraq and getting bin laden and puttingy million poem on health care that is it a victory. and so i will give the team winning percentage right now. >> what do you make of the fact that everyone is talk being the fact that it is one of nastiest campaigns in recent memory and both sides not letting up. do you think it is working? >> from the beginning the president took over in a crisis and took over and the republican le
and you really wonder what mitt romney is. you have to tell by who he is around and that is not an encouraging site. >> those who are looking at the obama bunch. they are supporting the president. people like nancy pelosi and the senate majority leader harry reid. are not doing too well with the public either. and you match up teams like this, what do you think it said? >> it will be what the president's team accomplished. they came in office and we were losing 750,000 a month and...
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romney with the slight edge. so you see here, that's a slight advantage at the moment for romney as opposed to '08. one more quick one. suburban voters are critical in states like pennsylvania, ohio, many other states as well. if you look at the current numbers, dead heat. governor romney has to boost that number up a little bit. this is essentially where we were four years ago. if these numbers stay this close. you'd have to say that's an advantage for president obama. >> really interesting, the difference between registered voters and likely voters. we had new poll numbers on abortion today that suggested a significant shift particularly among the young in favor of some abortion rights. it's been obviously a tough couple of days for mitt romney on an issue he wasn't planning on spend much time on this year for the documentary that's airing sunday. you asked him about his change of mind on this issue. what did he say? >> well, his answer was when -- that he's always been personally opposed to abortion. and when
romney with the slight edge. so you see here, that's a slight advantage at the moment for romney as opposed to '08. one more quick one. suburban voters are critical in states like pennsylvania, ohio, many other states as well. if you look at the current numbers, dead heat. governor romney has to boost that number up a little bit. this is essentially where we were four years ago. if these numbers stay this close. you'd have to say that's an advantage for president obama. >> really...
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why do you think that is still a challenge for mitt romney? >> well, you know, i don't know that i have a good answer for it. i don't think mitt romney is naturally the most touchy-feely guy and there is a reason he was an enormously successful person in private business. i think he's a head guy, a logic guy. a reason guy. a numbers guy. loves to get into the data, and dig into it and fry to see what -- try to see what it provides in terms of evidence. and obviously there was -- it wasn't they wanted to spend time with me and they wanted to show him behind the scenes with his family and it clearly wasn't, while the decision to do it was calculate, it was pretty clear that this was the real mitt romney. when you see him relating to his wife, to his kids, to his grandkids, it is a different side of mitt romney and they know, because of the fact that the obama campaign has been somewhat successful in painting him as this austere, forbidding guy who doesn't understand what middle class americans, real americans are going through, that they want to
why do you think that is still a challenge for mitt romney? >> well, you know, i don't know that i have a good answer for it. i don't think mitt romney is naturally the most touchy-feely guy and there is a reason he was an enormously successful person in private business. i think he's a head guy, a logic guy. a reason guy. a numbers guy. loves to get into the data, and dig into it and fry to see what -- try to see what it provides in terms of evidence. and obviously there was -- it wasn't...
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mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> it is back-to-school time around the area and some kids are already back in the classroom. for the d.c. area, it is monday. >> sam is in northwest washington. >> in some years after the opening of school in d.c. has been a traumatic event as schools struggled to repair and patch walz in time. this year, none of that. this side of major renovation was a celebration today. >> at persinger elementary, they inspected the renovation of an old building and found it bustling with activity and insisted the bad old days are gone. >> every school is open and our educators are in the building setting up the classrooms, getting ready. >> teachers seem happy to see her and happy the renovation plans finally reached their classrooms at this bilingual school. >> every morning i have to wipe off the rack to and disinfect everything -- the rat poop and disinfect everything. >> i liked it. >> as usual, it is going to be a marathon weekend as workers and volunteers work to
mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> it is back-to-school time around the area and some kids are already back in the classroom. for the d.c. area, it is monday. >> sam is in northwest washington. >> in some years after the opening of school in d.c. has been a traumatic event as schools struggled to repair and patch walz in time. this year, none of that. this side of major...
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romney says he has no doubt president obama was born in this country. regardless within a few hours the balm campaign sent out e- mails solis -- the obama campaign sent out e-mails saying that romney had stooped to new lows. >> take a live look outside. topper comes along with a full look at your weekend forecast. it's not the sunniest we've seen. >> and lance armstrong stripped of his tour de france titles. after the break an expert weighs in on the psychology of sports doping. we'll talk about it. >>> i saw it in his refrigerator, you know. i saw him inject it. >> a dark time right now in the world of cycling. the u.s. anti-doping agency stripped lance armstrong of his seven tour de france titles. this move comes after armstrong has said he will no longer fight the charges against him. on his website he write there comes a point in of man's life when he has to say enough is enough. for me that time is now. joining us now with more on cycling doping scandal is anatonia balm with sport psychiatry. knowing what you know about men who are as exeat give as
romney says he has no doubt president obama was born in this country. regardless within a few hours the balm campaign sent out e- mails solis -- the obama campaign sent out e-mails saying that romney had stooped to new lows. >> take a live look outside. topper comes along with a full look at your weekend forecast. it's not the sunniest we've seen. >> and lance armstrong stripped of his tour de france titles. after the break an expert weighs in on the psychology of sports doping....
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. >>> mitt romney is talking big business. sounding a lot like president obama. it was in june that republicans, including romney, charged the president was out of touch with the nation's economic woes for saying "the private sector is doing fine." but speaking in minnesota romney said big business is doing fine in many places. they can deal with the regulation, they know how to find ways to get through the tax code, save money by putting various things in place, where there are low tax a ens for their business. romney's plan for making energy independent by 2020 emphasizes the expansion of oil and gas produce over wind and solar production. >> that means we produce all the energy we use in north america and there are a number of things i'm going to do to make at that happen. it is achievablchievable. this is not a pie in the sky kind of thing. >> his plan includes expanding off shore drilling and drilling in the alaskan wildlife preserve. you'll see much more of president bill clinton on the campaign. the obama campaign will deploy him. on thursday, the obama te
. >>> mitt romney is talking big business. sounding a lot like president obama. it was in june that republicans, including romney, charged the president was out of touch with the nation's economic woes for saying "the private sector is doing fine." but speaking in minnesota romney said big business is doing fine in many places. they can deal with the regulation, they know how to find ways to get through the tax code, save money by putting various things in place, where there...
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now, the president beats romney by a whopping 35 points when it comes to which candidate is more likable. a majority of voter, 51% view the former massachusetts governor approach to issues as being out of step with most americans' thinking. 54% think president obama's are in the mainstream. meanwhile, the poll finds the approval rating for congress has once again hit rock bottom. at 12%. the only other time it was that low was in october of 2008. >>> elsewhere, missouri congressman todd akin said he's pushing ahead with his senate bid. despite pressure from his fellow republicans to drop out. a defined akin called the uproar over his comments about quote legitimate rape an overreaction. nbc's steve handlesman has that story from washington. >> reporter: refusing to quit the missouri senate race, he bought tv time for apologizing. >> the mistake was in the words i said, not the heart i hold. >> reporter: mitt romney joined the chorus of republicans asking him to get out of the race. >> smarter that he trails in saying that he is sympathetic to women. >> a week before the national election
now, the president beats romney by a whopping 35 points when it comes to which candidate is more likable. a majority of voter, 51% view the former massachusetts governor approach to issues as being out of step with most americans' thinking. 54% think president obama's are in the mainstream. meanwhile, the poll finds the approval rating for congress has once again hit rock bottom. at 12%. the only other time it was that low was in october of 2008. >>> elsewhere, missouri congressman...
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>>> will isaac wipe out mitt romney's parade? plus, toe to toe on the campaign trail. >> president obama has tried to substitute government for free people. it has not worked. >> republicans in congress -- [ booing ] >> no, no, don't boo. vote! >> the president and president obama are all worked up. also, he put scandal on long before tmz. jerry springer, live. a man who's uniquely qualified to sort through the craziness of the election year. >> therefore, i'm announcing today my candidacy. >>> a gathering storm for the gop. still at the center of it, todd akin, ever since his ill advised, to put it mildly, comments on legitimate rate. he's facing very tough question fps listen to what he said this morning. >> there is no rape that is legitimate. it's a heinous crime, one of the most serious. i understand the victims are harmed for a long time. i take that very seriously. while i apologize for the misuse of that word, at the same time, i don't apologize for the fact that i'm stronin my belief for pro life. >> george stephanopolou
>>> will isaac wipe out mitt romney's parade? plus, toe to toe on the campaign trail. >> president obama has tried to substitute government for free people. it has not worked. >> republicans in congress -- [ booing ] >> no, no, don't boo. vote! >> the president and president obama are all worked up. also, he put scandal on long before tmz. jerry springer, live. a man who's uniquely qualified to sort through the craziness of the election year. >> therefore,...
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god forbid romney is elected. if romney is elected with congress, which already passed the ryan budget, there's no president for the next four years to veto anything this right wing congress does. normally we talk about platforms. this congress has already passed the ryan budget. it didn't pass the senate, but passed the house. now we have to say oh, my gosh, if barack obama isn't there to veto it, all these things, doing away with medicare as we now know it, and replacing it with the voucher system, the affordable health care act and good things about that, 30 million more people would have elt h insurance and if you have a pre-existing condition in your family, you can't be denied insurance. doing away with pell grants. this congress is doing away with all that. and now we have a president of the united states that's going to veto it. and he can't afford not to veto it. >> my gut feeling it suits barack obama to get off the economy and get on to social issues. if you're honest about the economic performance unde
god forbid romney is elected. if romney is elected with congress, which already passed the ryan budget, there's no president for the next four years to veto anything this right wing congress does. normally we talk about platforms. this congress has already passed the ryan budget. it didn't pass the senate, but passed the house. now we have to say oh, my gosh, if barack obama isn't there to veto it, all these things, doing away with medicare as we now know it, and replacing it with the voucher...
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mitt romney has been really clear about that. the house has led on cutting spending, on passing budgets. president obama has been m.i.a. on this debate. we have a debt crisis staring us in the face t's on our horizon. what has the president been doing? four budgets trillion dollar deficits every year and not a single solution to tackle this problem. >> basically you could hear it. look, i'm all in favor of tax reduction and tax reform. i'm a supply cider. but the numbers have to work or nearly so. and i think the missing piece is the spending cuts and they're going to have to come around and probably deliver some more information. >> so let me bring in our political panel to get their reaction to that new interview. alice stewart is the former press secretary for rick santor santorum's campaign. amy stoddard associate editor and columnist for "the hill" and chris cofinas democratic strategist. you heard larry kudlow say we have to be strong on specifics. where will the cuts take place? we know that governor romney is not embracin
mitt romney has been really clear about that. the house has led on cutting spending, on passing budgets. president obama has been m.i.a. on this debate. we have a debt crisis staring us in the face t's on our horizon. what has the president been doing? four budgets trillion dollar deficits every year and not a single solution to tackle this problem. >> basically you could hear it. look, i'm all in favor of tax reduction and tax reform. i'm a supply cider. but the numbers have to work or...
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the romney camp not all here yet. the real mission for the former governor of massachusetts here and it is all about introducing romney to not only the participants in the hall but to a wider audience on television over a shorter period of time to deal with some of the negatives that have built up in the course of the campaign so far. to dial those back a little bit and focus on his own biography and his own credentials. one saying he is astoundingly pleased where they are right now. the fact that this is such a close race despite the fact that romney has had some setbacks over the course of the summer. >> program note, jeb bush and arizona senator, john mccain will be among david's guests on a special he edition of "meet the press" tomorrow morning. our coverage of the republican convention starts tuesday night here on nbc. we are back in a moment with some of the day's news. including what apples huge win could mean for the types of smartphones you will be seeing in stores. >>> we're back now with word of a deadly d
the romney camp not all here yet. the real mission for the former governor of massachusetts here and it is all about introducing romney to not only the participants in the hall but to a wider audience on television over a shorter period of time to deal with some of the negatives that have built up in the course of the campaign so far. to dial those back a little bit and focus on his own biography and his own credentials. one saying he is astoundingly pleased where they are right now. the fact...
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mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> one of the latest versions of cirque du soleil has been wowing people at national harbor. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. how are you? >> some of the reviews of the show have been fabulous. they say this is one of the most enjoy cirque du soleil shows in quite some time. tell us about it. >> reporter: it's about the evolution of mankind. it's a different step of evolution and civilization and things that we go through in our life. so people that come to the show will see amazing acrobatic acts that will blow them away. and we change the setting for each act. you're sitting in your seat but you're traveling the world with us for two november hours. >> amazing costumes for this production. what can you show us? >> reporter: basically here in front of me, you have the crystal costume. and all the costumes of cirque du soleil are hand made. these have been hand sewn on the costume. you see this head piece here, they have some elements of that are s
mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> one of the latest versions of cirque du soleil has been wowing people at national harbor. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. how are you? >> some of the reviews of the show have been fabulous. they say this is one of the most enjoy cirque du soleil shows in quite some time. tell us about it. >> reporter: it's about the evolution...
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they're not talking about mitt romney's tax returns. they're not talking about working at bain capital. they're talking about how do they survive. when you look at the simple fact that on inauguration day, gasoline prices in america were 1.84 on average. now we have gasoline prices closer again to 3.71. those are the simple type of things we have to be able to articulate with the right type of image and say, look, this is the vision that we have for our country, to make us once again get us to grow energy independent, develop the full spectrum of our energy resources, to once again talk about individual sovereignty and industrialism, which promotes the entrepreneurial spirit that made this country what it is in 236 years. that's the important thing that we have to articulate so that we get way ahead of the democrats because they don't have a message. it's all failing. it's liberal progressive socialism that they're prying to promote is really taking this country into a doll drum. we haven't even talked about our national security. >> co
they're not talking about mitt romney's tax returns. they're not talking about working at bain capital. they're talking about how do they survive. when you look at the simple fact that on inauguration day, gasoline prices in america were 1.84 on average. now we have gasoline prices closer again to 3.71. those are the simple type of things we have to be able to articulate with the right type of image and say, look, this is the vision that we have for our country, to make us once again get us to...
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. >> reporter: team romney immediately tried to defuse the situation. senior adviser kevin madden told nbc news "the governor has always and repeatedly said he believes the president was born here in the united states." while many in today's rally didn't make much of the remark -- >> i just think it's a little bit political rhetoric right now. it's just a little going back and forth on some small issues. >> reporter: it's an issue that still resonates amongst some on the fringe of the republican party. >> no, that's a phony birth certificate. >> reporter: in recent weeks romney promised to elevate the tone of this bitter campaign, deriding the president and his team for its negative attacks. >> mr. president, take your campaign of division, and anger and hate back to chicago and let us get about rebuilding and reuniting america. >> reporter: now the romney campaign is looking ahead to next week's republican convention with its theme of better future, where it hopes to redirect the political debate back to its central argument, romney's private sector ex
. >> reporter: team romney immediately tried to defuse the situation. senior adviser kevin madden told nbc news "the governor has always and repeatedly said he believes the president was born here in the united states." while many in today's rally didn't make much of the remark -- >> i just think it's a little bit political rhetoric right now. it's just a little going back and forth on some small issues. >> reporter: it's an issue that still resonates amongst some on...
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i'm barack now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts. >>> there is late word tonight of a huge victory for apple in a legal battle over patents for its iphone and ipad. a federal court jury in california has found that rival samsung stole some key design features of both products. if upheld on appeal, it could mean samsung would have to redesign some of its products and could have to pull some of its products from american stores. >>> even as forecasters are keeping a close eye on tropical storm isaac tonight, tonight also marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most powerful and destructive hurricanes ever to hit u.s. shores. hurricane andrew slammed into the southeast coast of florida with te
i'm barack now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts. >>> there is late word tonight of a huge victory for apple in a...
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romney and ryan part company the next few days mr. ryan will receive the vice presidential nomination wednesday night and he will stand with his running mate the top of the ticket mitt romney thursday night when he will complete the nomination and accept it from the delegates in tampa the roll call ballot was moved to monday to get that out of the way leaving primetime coverage for the rest of the week to be the best produced events as well as the romney-ryan agenda plenty of criticism of president obama. tuesday night would be we did build this, direct shot at the president for his infamous quote a couple weeks back where he said if you had a business you didn't build that you had help that has become a real rally cry expect it to be a chant regularly at the convention in the next few days. >>> let me ask you about this, the question of where the president was born arose again in the romney-ryan ticket what is happening with that today? >> reporter: that was something that mitt romney said yesterday in michigan the state where he was
romney and ryan part company the next few days mr. ryan will receive the vice presidential nomination wednesday night and he will stand with his running mate the top of the ticket mitt romney thursday night when he will complete the nomination and accept it from the delegates in tampa the roll call ballot was moved to monday to get that out of the way leaving primetime coverage for the rest of the week to be the best produced events as well as the romney-ryan agenda plenty of criticism of...